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• This issue was brought to me by some judges in my district, and we have some people that are homeless
• So this issue was brought to me by some judges in my district, and we have some people that are homeless
• The Senate amended the bill by making additional revisions relating to assessing development fees on
• the development of accessory dwelling units.
• the development of accessory dwelling units.

Summary: The Republican caucus reviewed a long list of House bills with Senate amendments, mostly hearing brief staff summaries and sponsor comments on whether they concurred. Topics included tax filing penalties, water and court procedures, vaccination and mask rules, bullion investment, nursing care complaint timelines, privacy protections for property and voter records, medical-record access, professional licensing procedures, school and family law changes, public records access for legislators, AI procurement, fingerprint clearance for traffic survival school instructors, development fees, infrastructure districts, distracted driving penalties, health aide scope of practice, eviction record sealing, backyard structure rules in planned communities, inmate transition services, nuclear-ready community designation, DCS parent-rights notices, domestic-violence evidence standards, inmate mental health study committee, legislative subpoena enforcement, trade office oversight, public power reporting, Native American language proficiency, mental health judicial review timelines, mobile food vendor licensing, medical-intervention requirements in schools, and school board training and meeting transparency. In most cases, the sponsor or a representative indicated concurrence with the Senate amendments, and the caucus generally moved through the bills without extended debate. A few bills drew brief explanation from sponsors about the policy purpose, such as aligning nursing-facility oversight with federal requirements, improving access to medical records, clarifying rules for licensed health aides, and adjusting school-related provisions. Some bills were noted as being sent back to the Senate or otherwise set aside, including HB 2035 and HB 2249. No formal votes were taken in the transcript; the meeting functioned as a caucus review of Senate amendments and sponsor concurrence before floor action. The caucus concluded after HB 2380, with members thanked for attending.

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• Instead, it preserves developers' choice by allowing developers to partner with qualified nonprofit affordable
• Instead, it preserves developers' choice by allowing developers to partner with qualified non-proliferation
• Instead, it preserves developers' choice by allowing developers to partner with qualified nonprofit organizations
• And the Constitution's developed.
• That is the overarching HOA for the 6,100-unit development that has been, frankly, in development since

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• What is the match for local districts?
• And I think it does show that maybe we need to think outside of this district-by-district box, particularly
• And I look specifically at some school districts.
• Perhaps we should be thinking more about CTE not district by district, but more about what is this larger
• community and... ...district by district, but more about what is this larger community and, you know

Keywords: 996, all

Summary: The meeting began as an informal education budget work group focused on reviewing a revised House Appropriations and Finance Committee scenario and flagging concerns rather than taking votes. Staff outlined the main changes from the LFC recommendation, including moving the statewide student information system appropriation, adding funding for the Black, Bilingual, Multicultural and Hispanic Education Act, universal school meals overrun costs, an evidence-based CTE pilot with a 50% local match, STEM network funding, wellness room pilots, Martinez-Yazzie action plan items, and changes to innovation zone and out-of-school time appropriations. A separate handout on the seven-year CTE pilot explained spending patterns, reversions, and possible federal maintenance-of-effort concerns if the state continues funding beyond a true pilot. Members then debated CTE extensively, with several arguing it improves attendance, graduation, and career readiness and should be sustained or expanded, especially in rural areas, while staff and others emphasized that much of the current funding has gone to general operational costs rather than intentional program design and that regional or matched funding models may be more effective. Members also discussed STEM and math initiatives, the need for more industry involvement, and whether the proposed match requirements would be too burdensome for smaller districts and BIE schools. The discussion also covered the Black, Hispanic, and Multilingual Education Acts and the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit. Some members stressed that the acts should be explicitly named in the budget language and not merely implied, while staff said the scenario reaffirms prior commitments by building the costs into agency operating budgets. Members raised concerns about charter school hold-harmless funding, declining enrollment, and the need to align spending with the needs of at-risk students. The work group ended the education portion without any votes, with staff noting they would incorporate the feedback and return with clarifications, including on CTE funding, the educational acts, and the charter hold-harmless item. The meeting then shifted to the child well-being and early childhood work group, where staff presented a revised Early Childhood Education and Care Department scenario. The proposal moved money toward child care assistance and early pre-K, kept the FIT program funding level unchanged, and used a mix of trust fund, TANF, federal, and operating-budget adjustments to close part of the gap between the executive and LFC recommendations. Members questioned the policy direction, especially the shift toward infant and toddler care and pre-K expansion, the impact on school-age child care, and the implications for continuity of care and provider costs. Staff explained that the scenario prioritizes younger children and at-risk families, includes language for a wage and career ladder, and would require legislation to raise the early childhood trust fund distribution cap from 500 to 525. Members also discussed a separate proposed CYFD pilot bill (HB 65), which would be distinct from ECECD funding. No votes were taken, and staff said they would return with more cost information on full pre-K plus wraparound care. A final work group reviewed C2 and Department of Information Technology-related appropriations. Staff compared the LFC and executive recommendations for new funding and reauthorizations, noting that the LFC generally limited new projects while the executive funded more. Members discussed several IT modernization requests, including the Secretary of State’s voter registration and election management systems, the Spaceport Authority, Game and Fish, the State Engineer’s WATERS system, ECECD’s FitKids and EPIC replacement discovery, and Aging and Long-Term Services’ enterprise system modernization. The main themes were whether to fund planning versus full replacement, how to avoid piecemeal spending, and whether new systems should wait for incoming leadership. The Secretary of State’s office said its system is nearing end of life and the planning funds would help prepare a realistic replacement request, while other agencies described aging infrastructure, cybersecurity risks, and the need for modernization. The work group did not vote on any of the items and ended with staff noting additional follow-up on funding needs and reauthorization details.

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• districts.
• to District districts who choose to District districts who choose to continue<00:58:48.079> with
• Hours of instruction bill provides much clarity to the districts as a framework to innovate and develop
• Hours of instruction bill provides much clarity to the districts as a framework to innovate and develop
• Hours of instruction bill provides much clarity to the districts as a framework to innovate and develop

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This, in a lot of ways, is really the ultimate district bill.
• In particular, the local school district goes over a cliff.
• But if the standard is set too high, developers won't use it.
• They are barriers to development.
• We do this by doing upstream planning that incentivizes developers to identify and develop in low-conflict

Summary: The committee heard several energy, water, and utility bills. SB 919 by Senator Grayson would extend the biomethane monetary incentive program through 2030 and authorize additional funding to support renewable natural gas projects by reducing interconnection costs. Supporters said high interconnection costs and the current tax treatment are major barriers to methane reduction projects; opponents, including TURN and environmental groups, raised ratepayer cost concerns and objected to rate-basing and additional public funding. The author said amended language would remove the rate-basing provisions and instead urge the CPUC to act quickly on its pending decision. SB 931 by Senator Laird would reauthorize the Community Impact Mitigation Program for the Diablo Canyon plant through 2030 to continue funding local emergency preparedness, fire protection, public safety, and school district costs. The County of San Luis Obispo and labor groups supported the bill, while TURN opposed it as a statewide ratepayer subsidy that could be funded from existing PG&E revenues instead of higher rates. Members discussed the bill in the context of the 2022 Diablo Canyon extension deal and the possibility of a future longer extension. SB 1215 by Senator Cortese would direct the CPUC to set deployment targets for EV charging in multifamily housing and evaluate progress, with amendments aimed at affordability and limiting system upgrade costs. Supporters said renters are largely locked out of home charging and that prior utility programs proved cost-effective; no opposition testified. SB 1359 by Senator Stern would require more deliberate CPUC review before major gas system investments, emphasizing electrification and non-pipeline alternatives. Gas utilities and several industry groups opposed it, arguing it could undermine the obligation to serve, create safety and reliability risks, and change the regulatory compact. The committee also heard SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar, presented by Senator Gonzalez, which would establish a statewide low-income water rate assistance program upon appropriation. Water agencies, environmental groups, and local governments supported the measure, while one member expressed concern that it lacked a funding source and could not overcome Proposition 218 limits; the bill was moved to Appropriations and the roll was left open. Finally, SB 1098 by Senator Perez would restrict the use of long-running memorandum and balancing accounts by investor-owned utilities, require exceptional circumstances for new accounts, and add sunset and cost-sharing requirements. Consumer advocates and large energy users supported tighter oversight, while the utilities and business groups opposed the bill as too rigid and potentially harmful to flexibility for wildfire, emergency, and safety-related costs.

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• From the Assembly District 17 is Honey Mahogany, escorted by Assembly District 17 is Honey Mahogany,
• From From Assembly District 22 is Erick, Eric, From Assembly District 22 is Erica May Anasio, escorted
• From Assembly District 27 is Doron Westerland, escorted by Assembly Member Soros, From Assembly District
• From Assembly District 46 is Donna Bender, escorted by Assemblymember Gabriel, Assembly District 46 is
• The best district attorney is Sacramento's District Attorney, Tien Ho, in the back.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call and prayer, then dispensed with the reading of the prior journal and handled routine motions, including re-referring AB 432 and AB 564 to committees. The main item of business was House Resolution 14, proclaiming March 2025 as Women’s History Month. Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry opened on the resolution, and members from the LGBTQ, Native American, Asian American Pacific Islander, Black, Latino, Jewish, and other caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing women’s historical contributions, ongoing inequities, and the importance of representation and parity in public life. Assemblymember DeMaio also supported the resolution while urging attention to girls’ sports. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 78 coauthors were added. The chamber then held its annual California Women of the Year ceremony, with Aguiar-Curry and other members recognizing honorees from across Assembly districts for leadership in education, health care, public service, advocacy, business, and community work. The lengthy roll call highlighted a broad range of women’s accomplishments and community impact. Guest introductions followed, including Sacramento District Attorney Tien Ho, VSP Vision Care executives celebrating the company’s 70th anniversary, and EMTs and ambulance support staff being honored by the California Ambulance Association. The Assembly also took up the second-day consent calendar, which was adopted 71-0. Assemblymember Schultz then delivered an adjournment in memory of Barbara Beckley, founding member and artistic director emerita of the Colony Theatre Company, praising her contributions to Los Angeles theater and the arts. The House then adjourned until Thursday, March 13 at 9 a.m., with a Revenue and Taxation Committee hearing scheduled upon adjournment.

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• budget, which is developed by the sending district and the receiving district.
• In our bill, we had placed that on the annual re, uh, budget that's developed by the school district,
• :46.880> district<00:43:47.200> and is developed by the sending district and is developed
• by the school budget that's developed by the school district<00:43:55.520> that<00:43:56.160>
• demonstrating gestational development. demonstrating gestational development.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Development. Development.
• And the ACCD, Agency of Commerce and Community Development, initially develops the application process
• Committee on Economic Development. Committee on Economic Development.
• here here in Senate Economic Development here here in Senate Economic Development Housing<00:35:
• the committee on economic development. the committee on economic development.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• District 20.
• Fletes and Giancarlo. from my district office, Ariel Fletes and Giancarlo Sasueta.
• ; Patrice Marshall McKenzie; and my own district staff, Haley Hut.
• City Council Member Isabel Hurado, who represents Los Angeles City Council District 14.
• I am so honored to represent a district with such a strong connection to the coast and the ocean.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• a spot in District 94.
• as large as theirs or in another rural district.
• as large as theirs or in some other rural district.
• background information, that could be developed annually, could be professional development or training
• Serving in rural districts especially.

Summary: The Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and then took up a draft bill to make legislators’ and candidates’ residential addresses confidential in public records. Legislative Council and the Secretary of State explained the proposal was prompted by security concerns and would protect residential addresses while still allowing election officials to verify residency and keep candidate names and offices public. Members raised concerns about unintended consequences, transparency, and how the change would affect rural districts and residency enforcement. The Secretary of State suggested an amendment to end the confidentiality when a candidate’s term ends, and the committee agreed to hold the bill over for further discussion at the next meeting. The committee also reviewed follow-up materials on legislator security and best practices, including advice on situational awareness, internet hygiene, varying routines, and reporting threats, along with NCSL materials comparing capitol security practices in other states. Members discussed a recent security incident and the need to keep alert contact information current, and staff said they would continue working with the Highway Patrol on legislative-specific notifications. The bulk of the meeting was devoted to Garrity Consulting’s final report on mitigating the effects of legislative term limits. The consultants summarized survey, focus group, and stakeholder input showing concerns about loss of institutional knowledge, leadership turnover, onboarding demands, and workload pressures, while also noting public support for term limits and annual sessions. Recommendations included considering annual sessions or shifting biennial sessions to even-numbered years, restructuring organizational session and interim committee work, creating office hours and more structured orientation and mentorship, expanding ongoing training and staff support, improving public communication and virtual testimony rules, and addressing barriers to service such as employer support and travel costs. Members discussed the tension between making the legislature more effective and preserving a citizen-legislature model, and the report was received as a roadmap for future implementation rather than immediate action.

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• Enterprise and Housing Development Review Board.
• Her grandmother was raised in the International District.
• This is an update on the district office working group discussion on creating district legislative aid
• Just as background, when the district office and district legislative aid program was rolled out a little
• compensation tiers for the district legislative position.

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• can develop with adequate health care. can develop with adequate health care.
• districts? districts?
• This is District Attorney, Judicial District number seven, Senator Driscoll. >> Mr.
• <01:19:29.280> District<01:19:29.679> 7 District Attorney 7.
• District 7 District Attorney 7.

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:17:14.400> by communities uh in your District by communities uh in your District by replacing
• developed forms of development will be disadvantaged in general.
• <00:29:14.279> versus that owns land in our districts versus that owns land in our districts
• <00:30:06.760> that pressure to uh you know develop that pressure to uh you know develop that
• <00:36:59.560> I constituents where's my district I constituents where's my district I border

Keywords: 1183, house

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• However, this challenge extends far beyond the 42nd district.
• So to me, to exclude that type of development doesn't make any sense.
• energy production and mineral supply chain map development.
• I have an anemone mine in my district.
• Houston, United Still Workers District 12, in support. Thank you.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• But in particular, the local school district goes over a cliff.
• In particular, the local school district goes over a cliff.
• But if the standard is set too high, developers won't use it.
• They are barriers to development.
• We do this by doing upstream planning that incentivizes developers to identify and develop in low-conflict

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• The other is the implementation of Infinite Campus at each district, each public school district in our
• Each district has had three months of discovery and three months of learning about that district and
• So we're working with them in our districts.
• Other districts have done similar things where they've made sure that, you know, districts have done
• In our agency, we would likely be able to spend more of their time training, doing development, developing

Summary: The committee received several informational reports from NDIT and DPI. Justin Data reviewed the quarterly major IT project portfolio, noting the portfolio was slightly under budget and behind schedule overall, with three red schedule items: Bed Management System and Vital Records were essentially complete and being closed out, and the Roadway Capital Planning Project was delayed by vendor bug fixes after testing. He also summarized recent project startups and closeouts, including the Victim Notification System, Medicaid data exchange, Highway Patrol’s motor carrier permit system, and several completed HHS and RIMS projects. Members asked for follow-up on ADA compliance work, the public-facing RIO website, and the state’s mainframe retirement timeline, and staff agreed to provide updates later. Craig Falkley reported on coordination of services with political subdivisions and higher education, including StageNet, cybersecurity, radio/911 services, and PeopleSoft coordination. He also explained distributed ledger technology as a tool for transparency and fraud prevention, but said it is not widely used in state government and suggested the report be modernized to focus more broadly on emerging technologies such as AI and cybersecurity. The committee generally agreed that the topic should be updated. Chris Gurgan presented the mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting program created by HB 1314, explaining how agencies and political subdivisions report incidents through NDIT’s website or service desk. He said 77 incidents had been reported since 2021, 47 met the statutory definition, and most were phishing-related; most reported incidents were resolved, with one recent ransomware matter still open. He also reviewed notable incidents since the last report, including the PowerSchool compromise, a SimpleHelp intrusion at a school district, a court intrusion, a WSUS vulnerability, a business email compromise, and a recent ransomware incident involving a non-state critical infrastructure entity. Members asked about recovery of stolen funds, early warning signs, smishing, training, MFA, conditional access, and cybersecurity maturity assessments; Gurgan said the state uses MFA and conditional access, provides awareness training to state employees, and would return with more information on maturity assessments. Tony Ambrose then updated the committee on the K-12 student information system bridge project. He said district implementation of Infinite Campus had begun statewide, but the data migration vendor originally selected was terminated for poor performance and replaced by Aurora Educational Technology, which had experience with similar statewide migrations. He also said DPI is migrating special education data from Tynet into Infinite Campus, and that some SLDS-based tools such as e-transcripts and Choice Ready may not function exactly as they do now at July 1, requiring interim or alternative solutions. Members raised concerns about summer school disruptions, the timing of the cutover, and whether the new system would support existing reporting and transcript functions; DPI said it was working on identity, authentication, data-sharing agreements, and post-go-live integrations, and would continue to refine the plan beyond June 30.

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• Is there a well-developed record?
• I welcome economic development for my community and for my district.
• I welcome economic development for my community and for my district, but not at the expense of our community
• that purpose, it was brought to New Mexico as a subsidy for big developers of upscale development.
• We need them, but it bears saying that the district that we're putting this in, talking about, is a district

Bills: SB78, SB235, SB22, SB310

Keywords: nuclear energy, renewable energy, sustainability, carbon emissions, energy regulation, microgrid, zero carbon resources, Public Regulation Commission, energy generation, electric utilities, motor vehicle manufacturers, licensing, dealers, franchise agreements, consumer protection, water supply, sewage improvements, environment, funding, Mora County

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• The resident district would pay 80% of its average per-pupil cost to the receiving district.
• HB 741 expands that so that every school district is an open enrollment school district, taking down
• the walls around districts.
• around the districts are taken walls around the districts are taken down<01:08:58.359> it<01:
• the resident District sending District the resident District would<01:10:16.400> send<01:10:16.800

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Three of these are located in or right next to my district, Big Boggy, in my district.
• Let's be smart about the development.
• wind development on that?
• I'm generally familiar with where the developments are.
• Representative Lauderback's district, Chairman of Calendars, and many other districts along the Gulf

Bills: HB3129, HB3251, HB3556, HB3724, HB3887

Keywords: construction, wildlife impact, height restrictions, national wildlife refuge, environmental regulations, HB 3887, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Parks and Wildlife Code, performance bond, payment bond, contractor bonding, public works, construction contracts, public building, procurement, bid security, subcontractors, suppliers, contractor payment protection, project completion

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• <00:24:34.799> is district like every other district is district like every other district
• um member districts in in my district um member districts in in my district given<01:40:14.760><
• district be?
• district be?
• district be?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all